San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 January 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Apr 1867, 8:00 PM
16 Apr 1867, 8:00 PM
17 Apr 1867, 8:00 PM
18 Apr 1867, 8:00 PM
19 Apr 1867, 8:00 PM
20 Apr 1867, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: San Francisco Minstrels; Billy Birch [minstrel]; David S. Wambold; William H. [minstrel] Bernard; Charley Backus

2)

Jerome prize students

3)

"I will marry her so early in the morning"

aka I'll marry her so early in the morning

4)

Red pepper, taken from the Castor Diva

5)

6)

Shadow pantomime

7)

Black cook, The, [COOK--no R; this is the ballet, not the play at Niblo's!]

aka Greasy black cook; Screaming black cook, The; Screaming black crook; Little crooks

Participants: African ballet troupe

8)

Grand march of the spirit hashers of the Amazon

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 April 1867, 2.

2)

Announcement: New York Clipper, 20 April 1867, 14, 3d col., top.

3)

Review: New York Herald, 20 April 1867, 7.

“The African ballet troupe, with all its glories of wool, gauze and ‘[stuffing?]’ still delights the crowd of pleasure seekers who nightly throng this popular hall. The flying zephyrs balance themselves upon the extreme point of the mammoth toe with as much skill and grace as many of their fair rivals, and the ‘Falling Cupids,’ with their pranks and antics, cast their shade over the audience until they fairly scream with laughter. The programme for the present week contains many of their best pieces, and their songs are of the highest order.”